All Coach Packages in Madden 17

There are a total of 53 coach packages assigned to the 32 real life NFL coaches (well, 31 and Griffin Murphy, Bill Bellichick’s synth counterpart). That’s not a lot, especially compared to Madden 16 when Pete Carroll had TEN development packages alone. Last year, with Pete as your coach, you got extra XP for training quarterbacks, running backs, left ends, right ends, left outside linebackers, middle linebackers, right outside linebackers, free safeties, strong safeties, and corner backs. This year, it’s just linebackers.

In Madden 17, Coach Packages are divided into three different categories:

• Player Acquisition (scouting, trading, free agency)
• Player Retention (re-signing, retirement)
• Player Progression (weekly XP, training bonus)

EA was very frugal with coach packages this year. No coach has more than three, and there are 24 different packages that no coach possesses.

Here is a breakdown of each coach’s packages at the start of a CFM.

No coaches have the all-important scouting package, and not surprisingly, nobody has the Master Trade Negotiator trait (since A) trades don’t really exist in the NFL and B) that’s what general managers are for). There’s actually not a lot going on in this category, and some of the assignments seem pretty random.

Expert Scouting
none

Master Trade Negotiator
none

Quarterback Free Agency
SF — Chip Kelly

Running Back Free Agency
BUF — Rex Ryan

Wide Receiver Free Agency
ARI — Bruce Arians
KC — Andy Reid

Tight End Free Agency
none

Offensive Line Free Agency
DEN — Gary Kubiak

Defensive Line Free Agency
none

Linebacker Free Agency
CHI — John Fox
CIN — Marvin Lewis

Defensive Back Free Agency
GB — Mike McCarthy
CAR — Ron Rivera
OAK — Jack Del Rio
BAL — John Harbaugh
SEA — Pete Carroll

Kicker Free Agency
none

Punter Free Agency
none

Player Retention

Player Retention is very weak with only six re-sign packages and just ONE retirement package. Nobody has re-sign packages for Tight End, Offensive Line, Defensive Back, Kicker or Punter. The onlyretirement package in the game belongs to Rams coach Jeff Fisher, universally known for his ability to prevent defensive backs from hanging up their cleats.

Quarterback Re-Sign
SEA — Pete Carroll

Running Back Re-Sign
DEN — Gary Kubiak
KC — Andy Reid

Wide Receiver Re-Sign
GB — Mike McCarthy

Defensive Line Re-Sign
PIT — Mike Tomlin

Linebacker Re-Sign
BAL — John Harbaugh

Defensive Back Retirement
LA — Jeff Fisher

Player Progression

Here’s where your players get extra XP for your weekly training. Apparently, a third of the teams have QB gurus for their head coaches.

Increased Player Weekly Goal XP
none

Quarterback Training
DEN — Gary Kubiak
TB — Dirk Koetter
ARI — Bruce Arians
KC — Andy Reid
DAL — Jason Garrett
MIA — Adam Gase
PHI — Doug Pederson
SF — Chip Kelly
GB — Mike McCarthy
WAS — Jay Gruden
NO — Sean Payton

Running Back Training
none

Wide Receiver Training
CLE — Hue Jackson
SD — Mike McCoy
DET — Jim Caldwell
NO — Sean Payton

Tight End Training
NYG — Ben McAdoo
NO — Sean Payton
TEN — Mike Mularkey

Offensive Line Training
BAL — John Harbaugh
HOU — Bill O’Brien

Defensive Line Training
BUF — Rex Ryan
ATL — Dan Quinn
LA — Jeff Fisher

Linebacker Training
CIN — Marvin Lewis
JAX — Gus Bradley
CAR — Ron Rivera
NE — Griffin Murphy
OAK — Jack Del Rio
SEA — Pete Carroll
PIT — Mike Tomlin

Defensive Back Training
CHI — John Fox
IND — Chuck Pagano
NYJ — Todd Bowles
MIN — Mike Zimmer

Kicker Training
none

Punter Training
none

Packages by Coach

And here we’ll just break it down on a coach-by-coach basis so you can see how pathetic your coach is in an easy-to-read list.

ARI — Bruce Arians (level 18)
Wide Receiver Free Agency
Quarterback Training

ATL — Dan Quinn (level 2)
Defensive Line Training

BAL — John Harbaugh (level 24)
Defensive Back Free Agency
Linebacker Re-Sign
Offensive Line Training

BUF — Rex Ryan (level 12)
Running Back Free Agency
Defensive Line Training

CAR — Ron Rivera (level 17)
Defensive Back Free Agency
Linebacker Training

CHI — John Fox (level 20)
Linebacker Free Agency
Defensive Back Training

CIN — Marvin Lewis (level 18)
Linebacker Free Agency
Linebacker Training

CLE — Hue Jackson (level 3)
Wide Receiver Training

DAL — Jason Garrett (level 12)
Quarterback Training

DEN — Gary Kubiak (level 18)
Offensive Line Free Agency
Running Back Re-Sign
Quarterback Training

DET — Jim Caldwell (level 13)
Wide Receiver Training

GB — Mike McCarthy (level 24)
Defensive Back Free Agency
Wide Receiver Re-Sign
Quarterback Training

HOU — Bill O’Brien (level 8)
Offensive Line Training

IND — Chuck Pagano (level 12)
Defensive Back Training

JAX — Gus Bradley (level 3)
Linebacker Training

KC — Andy Reid (level 21)
Wide Receiver Free Agency
Running Back Re-Sign
Quarterback Training

LA — Jeff Fisher (level 18)
Defensive Back Retirement
Defensive Line Training

MIA — Adam Gase (level 1)
Quarterback Training

MIN — Mike Zimmer (level 8)
Defensive Back Training

NE — Griffin Murphy (level 1)
Linebacker Training

NO — Sean Payton (level 24)
Quarterback Training
Wide Receiver Training
Tight End Training

NYG — Ben McAdoo (level 1)
Tight End Training

NYJ — Todd Bowles (level 5)
Defensive Back Training

OAK — Jack Del Rio (level 11)
Defensive Back Free Agency
Linebacker Training

PHI — Doug Pederson (level 1)
Quarterback Training

PIT — Mike Tomlin (level 24)
Defensive Line Re-Sign
Linebacker Training

SD — Mike McCoy (level 5)
Wide Receiver Training

SEA — Pete Carroll (level 27)
Defensive Back Free Agency
Quarterback Re-Sign
Linebacker Training

SF — Chip Kelly (level 9)
Quarterback Free Agency
Quarterback Training

TB — Dirk Koetter (level 1)
Quarterback Training

TEN — Mike Mularkey (level 2)
Tight End Training

WAS — Jay Gruden (level 7)
Quarterback Training

So what do you think? Are these coach packages accurate? Which coaches got robbed? Why has Jack Del Rio risen from the dead?